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ITAMBL'I?G4 PiIPL: -O T . ANICS OF THE ELBE, OCT. 2 the Olden, bburgh country, some . • !,--tiers have been intercepted y the French and Dutch Authorities, containi n g interesting details from Spain and Eneland, that have not been circulated. Tee French Agents redouble their vigilance to prevent the truth from transpiring, from which it is with great reason inferred by many, that the Spanish concerns must he - desperate. The I) "ites gave no credit to the glori accounts lely sent by th e E ngli,h in au em ous pty boat to Deninai k. he Papers that were found on beard the vessel Wt:re i tlitlledtatrlyclot, cap ed by order of Govern- "Tent ; th us the Comment remains in the pro relindest ignOranCe Of the events t h at oug h t by no Means to be concealed from the public. h would b e Oh infinite service i t some E ngl i sh literary men Would write a short chronicle of all eublic events of historical the importat,ce which h ave happened since . ¶0 rej„ g ot the Spanish Patriots, and endeavour - get such a work, with the notes and dates of their official authorities, circulated in the FR ncli, German, Ettlish and Dalian languays, wherever it is prac ticable on the Continent, in order to deliver. the nationfrom s the total darkness whith-france keeps everY whe rpreadit over them. It is further cir "leted, that a 13ritish Artily has defeated the Arm}'ltaly a"d Na ples hi Calabria, and i s on i ts marc h Ain t N aples., tiut Congress Itespe;.l i lig the ultimate result of trfurth, nut a syllable has been Mad e p ublic. VI ENNA, SEPT. 281—Last Sunday, the 2.5 th inst. ' o ttrier arrived here from Constantinople, with the ; 11 , tel ligence ot the passa ge o f a B r i t i s h F leet through h-"e D ardanelles, and of its having come to anchor as he Port of Constantinople. The same Courier informed us that the Grand Vizier MUSTAPHA -uAttAICTArt has . called upon all the Governors and great teen of the Ottoman Empire from Asia, Site. to deliberate with them upon the means 9f of ave rting the dangers that th reaten th e d om i n i ons the Porte.--(Neue Zeitung.) da °C r. 1.--The rumour which was spread here six Ys ago, of t h e passage of the Dardanelles by an l .'i ' sh .Fleet, that aft erwar d s appeare d b e f ore Con ''!ntioobaneple , has t r o t bee confirmed, nor is it men d in Our court Gazette or THE ELBE, OCT. 10.—Neither the (7.rell'llike,Cti ARLES of Austria, nor the Grand Duke futt‘'hv uuTsautieir, are gone to the Con g r e s s at E r - Some private letters from Paris sl .!e, that NrAPQL O'N had assured some high Ofticeis ot State, previ ee i „ . agesno ttid detwrture for Erturth, that the g o ld en commence with the year 1809. 4 W O. 3.- 4, Yest6tday the King of BA a lit passed ihrouJ this place for Erturth. A ~.:ourier.; • .expedited the Archduke CHARLES of It e llstia ; has passed through here,. and last bight Urtl ian ' e v, ° , llri Pr d pa ;e_ thi . ongh iris place from Er to v r enna.;—(Coriespionden ten.) E R p t b " aTlis OCT. 4.--Couriers are daily p ass i ng ' t een this City and St; Petersburgh and Paris.— 0.,4 h ay his Majesty 1.. e King id WIRTEJIBU . H, ie'rartiVed here yesterday evening; Alinie a v i sit to . t t nallerial Majesty NAkutEc.)N. About noOn his 0t . ",•? t , 81 Y returned. Attenkards there was a review the "'e 6th regiment of. cuirass.tirsi in the plain near tilseity. Several Otticra and privates received, on At\ ` 4 . cc ri a4 iuti the Older of the Legion of Honour. er"e "I ,, ati cettvres, the Emperur NAfoeeoN, the s 4-I.e.xAeeeit, and the Grand Duke CON TAtrrN tide round the City. In the even- Frets play ch of Ipleiginie was represented at the theatre: In the boxes were their Highnesses srl reditary Princess of Tone and TAXIS,. the Pr.nitiess HAMEURGHAUSEN, and the Hereditary je,it-"e, MECILLENBLIRGH STRELITZ. His Ma- CBY the. King of WESTPHALIA arrived this evening 1 s even o'clock, with his Queen and family. day, CT. 6 . -- Our town i ncreases i n sp l en d our every l y as the number of ill ustr i ous persons w h o hour .' arri `I ve au 3. sum miert The most ptuous carriages, ttet 'd d Sji v by servants profusely avicened with gold and Nei), fill ihe s treets. A ll the houses in which the na y al Personages lodge, have a guard from the gre et' : t r k gtiirdb of the Emperor ; and at the residences principal Princes and . Generals, an honorary :0 1 , J r oni the troops of the line. There is scarcely gij o :' l.l. & hens::: which does not lodge some distin ne,L"edPerson In the Theatre we find the utmost Xtte - ,, P acid magnificence. In front of the Stage their Lit ; 14a l and Royal Majesties, and the Grand Duke,. L ied L , a , rirt- chairs—iNAPOi.EoN in the middle. Be ‘,"ern is seated an illustrious assembly of more jiff s er r Dukes; Marshals of France, Prince*, NE ' State, G - erals and Ambassadors, all in gral,rl eit K eep 0 1 ',.. ,1 11 dress; and shinieg iii the insignia of dif 41)e6la,,i'''ers; it is a mast imposing and unique ar e , dr 4 sses of the . aetors and actresses alydenc., , u annottly splendid and sumptuous, with . silk, ev er g ()1 4 and sillier embroidery 3 the scenery, and f e l r Part of the dramatic representation, is beauti aria magnificent itt the extietue.' lto ttediately after the levee,. the —mp-t;br - t} is usually gives audience s , an d rece i ves t h e v i sit s 'kings and Pi rotes who are here ; at the same aril:4 ll4 ' s e who play have addresses. to present, are h - : 4t d• .Ater breakfast, hi s Majesty is employed \ei ti s cabinet,' and afterwards'rilles without the town 4114 t h is Russi an M a j esty. Th ey review the troops , i ; ',c) . l(l .ier dinner, which is Usually about six' o'Clock, t ile Theatre. (.teat ' 3 agaii . said, in letters from that ( 4th ° PlkAiticin has been made by•sev , eral ivit:mbers . th e (.! 14.r encli Senat e t o B.UUNAPARTE S extension of ki ,, ..‘ .44B Criptiol l Laws. is I st oYal Highness the Duke of CLARE . NCE gave, tt-tr nesday, his most super.kand magnificent din- Ge,' at the Cr - own Inn, Porismouth to Admiral r4 Gtv, Admiral OrwAY; General WHETLIAM, t itlCti Poal-La, and a num b er o f Offi cers o f dis reee i -v l . hY whom l ie was so ki nd l y acid hospitably tri Qr; e ' 4 (14 ::tig: his %isit to that place. On Thursday his lJ at Lail past nine, his Royal Highness took Park Par t.are trout admiral MoNn!,,Gt.fs, for Bushy front s ''°„ doubt d ee pl y i mpresse d with the many. Liu )• atTetioii and eSt,'lll manifested towards s.aur lu , : 'lts stay at Portsmouth, upon on e of the f4theet- and most ;dealing erran d s i h at can engage a liia c s he art —to t a k e l eate of his sun, who has left wa s (34 0 u 1 " ry toti ght her battles. His Royal Highness withbutts a, i t I • d thruush the .le passe EAST I DIES. • The damages sustained by the above accident are estimated at 20,00 U Spanish dollars : fortunately no lives were lost. MORE If ITCI-ICRd FT. [FROM THE LEEDS MERCURY.] Judith Cryer, a poor aged widow, in Meadow lane, in this town, who earns h e r li ve lih oo d b y get ting up linen, was another dUpe. In the month of Apt it last, the grandson of Ibis poor widow (a boy eleven years of age) had occasioned her soiree unea siness : this being observed by Winnifred Bond (a kind of agent to the sorceress), she recotuntended her Mary Bateman as a person who could remove the cause of her distress. Judith consented to see. ' this wicked woman, Who h..ving learnt the can - se of her uneasiness, recommended her to Miss Myth (Miss Blue again !). This .being consented to, Mary Bateman undertook to write to her dear friend. Lt a few days an answer was received from this lady, which shocked pour Judith beyond description —the letter contained a representation of a gallows, with its usual appondage, a rope, accompanied by the hiirme denunciation that the grandson would'be executed on the 3diio s before:: he attained, 14 years or age ; and, that this tate could only be- averted by tour guineas beingraised by the old woman, and ap, propriated as Miss Ely th should afterwards direct.— •It wa, is vain this poor woman declared her inabi lity to raise i t ) large a sum ; the sorceress was inex- orabie ; the sum was at length obtained with ex treme difficulty ; it was then put intb a leathern bag, and sewed up in Judith's bed, where tt was to remain untouched and unlooked at, until the boy had attained the age of 14. Theioriner part Of these instructions were immediately carried into el tect4 the money was deposited as directed, anti if the detection at the witch had not occurred, the latter part, as tar as depended on this pow• woman, would have been scrupulously observed ; but the apprehen- Sion of the sorceress basing dissolved the charm, the tilifigtunatti victim of her •pelts ventured last Saturw day to unsew the bed, and look for the money : it is hardly necessary to add, that she looked in vain, it was nut to be found. Mary Bateman, not content with plundering this poor widow of her hist mite, a6tually prevailed upon her to wash for her three months, to defray the ex pence of the postage incurred in etkcting this infa mous robbery. circumstance has been mentioned since the corn that has given rise t o no mitnient of Mary Bateman', small share of conjecture and surmise, and which has not, we are happy to say, escaped the attention of the Magistracy. In the month of September 1803, Miss Kitchen, a shopkeeper, near St. Peter's square, in this town, along with her sister and mother, who came over from Wakrtield to visit her, were taken suddenly ill, and all three of them died within (CU days, of a compiana then said to be the Cholera illurblis; a physician of eminence, - who was called in to visit the last surviVing sister, entertained, however, a different . opinion, and was so stiongly impressed with the belief that their sickness and subsequent death proceeded from some poisonous drug having been received into the stomach, that he exanunen, with - much caw, many of the vessels in the house, asked if any water for poisoning flies had been in use, and expressed a wish to open the body. The faintly being all dead, and no persons at hand who thought themselves authorised to give this permis sion, the corpse was interred unexamined, and with it probably the opportunity of deteCtion, unless by means inscrutable to human wisdom. It must. be remarked, that Mary Bateman was on terms of • the strictest intimacy with Miss Kitchen, .and al , though site had nu visible business there, her an-. 3.iety about the tate of these. unfortunate females. kept her constantly about the house, and led hei to procure tor the sister which died first a medicine from some country Doctor '(Miss Blyth, perhaps). Alter the death eat the famiTy, it was discovered that all Miss Kitchen's books were tnisSing, and her pro perty so much diminished by pltinder, that Ler cre ditors only divided eight:pence in the pound: In manners, Mary Bateman is very plausible, of an atniearattee sedate and-respectable, and, as Shaks peare says of Richard— " Seems a' Saint, when she mint plays the Devil." • . The stake of um guineas was Made g Obd Thursday, for the battle between fiutch %in and Medley. This match,. xiltich will excite as flinch interest as any that could be tridde; has been spoken , of these two years. Sam never yet lost a battle, amongst all the good men he has Combated' and he is justly considered a prodigy; awoug fi - gliting . men. Ucdley is a tradesman, its the Borough, of Whorit' tepurt speaks highly, as a resolute Scietititk lie is two stone heavier titan Sam, and he is also the favourite.' The injury o whielt the 'United States of America sustain by the embargo, tnay be estimated by ,t 4 tonnage of. their shipping employed in foreign corn ! . rherce, and Which, according to the last real' tis, amounted to 1,506,000 tons. The annual value of the emplopuent or .e;tch ton is calculated at 41. Aus, by this measure, six millions of profit, which their cotniriwi;c: u4d to produce, is lost to (Le country,' IPRINCE OF WALES ISL A ND INT ELt.IGENCE. MARCU 26, 1803,--The tire which broke out on Saturday last, at the baliehou,e of Low Ammer, nit ' fortunately consumed more European property than we recoiled to.have been de:troyed by fire sinee the establishment of this Settlement; it was occasioned, aN we understand, by the carelessness'ot some ,of the people employed in heating the ovens; and, from the dryness of the-materials of which the eternises were , composed, in a short time the whole •W 34 in flames, which almost immediately communicated to the pre mises occupied by Mr. itodik, the Police Oifice, and some Chinese shops . at. the corner 'of the st reetf; the whole at onetime exhibite:l the most awful spectacle ever witnessed on the island. Fortunately the wind was light and somberly, or those .valuable and x tensive premises belonging to Mr. Douglas tuust in evitably have been destroyed, and probably Conimo nicating with the agent vidualler's stores o endanger e d the whole town, there bein g , as we learn; near 300. casks of sprits on the prethises. • Too much praise cannot be given to the me n from his Majesty's ship Bombay, and the. soldiers be longing to the garrison, for their exertions in stopping the progress of the fire. • POLI'OI3, I BOW- E'Tll ZET.---A charge of a -Very novel nature was exhibited against Miss S- 1 3 -,. a maiden Lady, of considerable fortune, for robbing her own servant. It . al peared that , Miss P. suspea e d th a t sortie bottles,of br a ndy had been stolen', and on Thtirsday, between tine and two o'clock, she was going over her house in search of the brandy, .parti ! cularly the servant's roots and boxes; she called to L.Martlia Kent, one ot.the servants, and asked het ~for, theley of, her bok ? The gill said she had it, and was very readily giving it to 11,_r distress; but Miss P. ;observed, that she need not do it, as, whert she was moving the bok by the lid, it Cattle open in her hand, and she was satisfied the brandy was not there. ,Martha Kentreturned to the kitchen, - but it immediately struck. s her,_ ag her box was open, to ascertain if all her things were safe,. and on her examining the box, she found that the lid had been broken open, that all her cloaths were safe, but that cash and notes, to the amount Of ir3 guineas, had been stolen, which she *Saw in the box the night previous.; and Mary Dixon, the;cook, saw the bok safe, 'and not broken, a short time before Miss, P. I was at it. It was Urged by Miss P. the improbability of her .taking the money, an d t h at all t h e servants, as well as a hair-dresser, who had been at her house that morning, had access to the room where the bei was. ~ 114 .ti), in reply, observed, that the servant had lived with her between five and six years, con -sequently she had approved of her condocA, and as such her testimony was unimpeached. it was dear the box had been broken. open, and she (Miss P.) was the only person found near it, and she .acknow ledged to have been at it : with these latts before him, it was iniposiible for him to discharge her however, on the application of her Attorney, she was not committed,. he engaging for her appearance on a future day. MARL BOROUGH - STREET.—Yesterday, a man of the name of Peaiiken, better known as the Scots. Baker, who was once beat by Dogherty, was Charged with an outrageous assault on a female, and a man who took her part, on nurse:ay evening.- The De fendant, who, as a righting man, minchen himself equally, provided the woman had cliallenged'him,' struck the terna - le a violent blow on. the eye, With.: otil any other provocation than that he had not room for a drunken sweep on t-he pavement. The other persoWwho accused him remonstrated with him for his unmanly conduct, when he received a blow on the face also. The Defendant. was committed for bail.• 'three notorious female shoplifters were commit ted tor trial,. tar .stealing a quantity or lace, &c. from the sh.)i) of• Mr. Kenycin,...at• the corner of . Newport -Lunn. . H ATTON-GA DEN. --- Yesterday Maria, Kernis, alias brown, alias Smith, on a charge brought by -Mrs. gibe: n, of ie Essex-street, in the Strcod, who swot, thli the prisoner came -to her house some time ago, and agreed for board and lodg ing at a goiHe.: ::;;:r• week, saying she had j ust c o m e trom and had a suit in Chancery • • for nich she would soon recover. In the t. 0;;„ eta fortnight afterwards she absconded, rob bi:,g the house of upwards of seven pounds worth of property. it appeared by, her own confession that she was in the continual habit of petitioning the Nobility, as a distressed Lady in mistortune. ' A s other lodging -houses have been robbed, she was committed to the House of Correction tOr re-ex- . arnination. MANSION HMI E.—A man named Tharizas, foot man to Mr. Stretfield, of Basinghall-street, and Hannah Slack, an elderly,woman, housekeeper to the sante gentleman, were yesterday examined l on a charge of having obtained false keys• to their mas ter's drawers, with a fraudulent and felonious intent, and of having stolen several articles of value, the . property of their said master. It appeared from the testimony of a reputable smith and furnishing iron monger, of London Wall, and two of his journey men, that the prisoner Thomas did, at two several times, call at his house, and cause his journeymen to be sent to Mr. Stretfield's (for whom the first wit - ness worked), and ordered two several keys to be made for a drawer in Mr. Stretfield's sideboard, for which purpose be had the lock picked, andtaken off, to have the keys fitted thereto; that each time be gave the, man a shilling for himself; 'and that on one of those occasions, he told the journeyman, that in consequence of fitting the first of those keys," his master's key would not open the lock, and re quested him to alter the lock,. without telling his • master any thing of what he (the Prisoner) had said about the business. It also appeared, that at one time Hannah Slack was present, and used nearly the same words of instrudion to the witness, as the, Pri soner Thomas bad done: The false keys were found in the possession of Hannah Slack, by Tipper, one of the Lord. Mayor's Officers, after a diligent search, and they opened a drawer in the sideboard, wherein Mr. Stretfield usu.illy deposited the keys of his counting-house, motley-chest, and warehouses, ex posing.of course all his property to the mercy of the Prisoners. Upon Slack were also- found several pawnbrokers'• duplicates for plate, spoons, sauce boats, and sugar -tongs, table-cloths, counterpanes, and sheeting, which she said were her own, and of which no mention was made in the 'Charge against her. - Thomas acknowledged he had taken, from time to time, about a dozen bottles of wine front the side board cellaret, *hich he drank in the kitchen with Slack and their occasional visitors, and he expressed great sorrow for having wronged sozood a master. Mr. Strettield aded a very leoient piirt,.and offered' to .torego his prosecution against Thomas, pit con ditiea et his voiumeering for his Majesty's service, whn.b aliernative he accepted, and sent on board the telider. Slack Wa s remaUded aux t hionday, • „ • ~ . • , . . , , . - Ptntrma.C.L,--- , Yesterday two females, of respea able appearance, the one about 50 .years of age,- named C ur ti s , t h e ot h er 23 , rat h er. handsome, of genteel and modest defneano9r,. who said, her name was Lackit; were Charged with being in company, together, and stealing,. in the shop of Mr. Harvey,, one of the cheap linen-drap e ry w are h ouses on, LUdgritc, mill,' a silk shaWl; and a piece oPi3rintt..d. . _ c'alicd, several yards it; length, the property of Mt. Harvey. • • Theshonman of Mr; Harvey stated, that both the Pristytiers wile in -the habit •Of•eb,r)ing ahnoit daily to the shop for a considerable time past, to porch:lse or examine gte,ds. They came in on , Thursday afternoon ~,between ,three .and .tb.er.;. the Prisoner Lockit engaged the a'ttentiOn of One shopinan„ while she was procuring iroca hin; -the. pattern of a gown; and by the motions 014 he Prisoner Conk, who stood opposite With her bath toward-s him, he suspected `she had - stolen sointhing. .0e suffered both to go out,of the shopi.,aod then followed them up Ludgate Hill, and- desired them to come back : Curtis asked, for what'l and added, she had nothing but what she paid for." •The shopman, however, insisted on her reterning, and just as she came to the shop door. she took, from under her -clothes the silk shawl, whi'cli she attemptedle* throw into the shop ; but constkle; who, was immediately behind her, seiz, ed her hand.: When she came into the shop, sht made some. violent motion to shake her clothes, and the piece of printed golds fell from her on the &Or. Lockit . went away uli the:Old Bailey, but the Witness and Constable followed her and• brought her bark, and both were sent to the CoMpter. They refti4ek! to tell either names or residence, which the NV itne'ss said his employer was an xions- to know,• as froM their l ong h a bi t of frequenting his shop, he stspccted much stolen goods night be concealed in their lodgings. .„ • Curt.i;, In 'her defence, denied, with . the most perk& compo , iei.e, the crime she was chargtxl with, • but refused to tell her residence, as she would not expose her family. LciCkit said she had no knowledge whatever o f t h e, ~ trausation ; • appeated eXtremety agitated ; said. she, had lived four years with a Gentlethan, and declined to give her address, lest she should expose him. Both were coratnitte4 for trial. PLJELICvT.^—QpI Thllll-, day a Baker; of Hackney„. was broUght beture the Skiing Magistrate,. charged with selling a iargt quantity of bread:COnsickrably sh9ri of weight. it was proved. thot 33 loaves were 139 ounccs 3hort of Weight. One of the loaves, a halt-peck, was a pound short. ,The case appearing a very aggravated one, the ic. e fogisttiv e was about to infijd the fUll.penally, at ss. an•ounce, amounting to 34). Iss, but ihe'prosecu•;, tion being - .carried on by the Wardens ancillakers* CoMpany,. file Gentlemen who attended represented the Prisoner' tti be a young beginnerin business, and. it being his first offence, the penally Was azitig4ted to half that sum. - Saturday se'n n i g h t C ap t. JOHN ImrEY, of the Royal' N:ivy,*son of Sir ELIJAH hargy,.of Newick Park; Kent, ret off frorn Teignmotith, in a post-chais e and tour, accompanied by Miss' CA2AL. of Exeter, on a Matrimonial excursion to Gretna Green, where the ceremony was performed ; and the parties are since returned to Exeter. The young Lady is a ward in Chancery, amiable and highly accomplished, and will posess a handsome f'rtune when of age, MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—On Saturdays last, a corpse was brought from Charter-house-square, dnd hurl: d in IslingtOn Church-yard, and a stone : erected at the plaee with an inscription, which', alter mentioning her name and age; adds— 'She had no fault,:save what trav'llers give the moon, The light was bright, but - died, alas ! too soon. Mr. HobosoN, the Coroner, received a letter, in timating very strong sUspitions that the deceased had not died naturally, in consequence or which he ap plied •to the Parish Officers, who ordered the grave to be opened, which was done yesterday morning, and the body removed to the vault under the church, for the inspeatidn of the Jury, which sat 'Upon it in The course of the day s when the following appeared in evidence Lady died on Friday, was buried on Saturday, and the Gentleman with whom she lived (not being married) left town on Sunday, and em barked at Portsmouth, on Monday for Spain. Ott examining the body, a silver pin, about nine inches long, was found sticking in the heart, through the : left side of - the body. A Medical Gentleman had attended the deceaed, declared . that the pin N:Vag inserted at the request of the Gentlemin, to prevent the possibility of her being buried alive. The brought- in a verditt of—Died by the visitation of God. The corpse still lies unburied in the vault. •On Thursday evening, the 27th ult. Stephen Sim mons, a shepherd's boy, about eight years of age, took shelter from the rain . in a cart-shed, in Hurst per-point, were two large rollers were placed one, upon the other, the uppermost of which fell upon him, and unfortunately killed ,him upon the . spot. A dog which attended the deceased, vias the means of leading to the discovery of the accident, by re peatedly running home, and returning to the hovel, until he attraaed the attention of the boy's father, who at length followed the dog to the bcvel, and there found his ill-lated son lying on the ground, with the fatal roller u p on hi s h ead.—Verdict, Acci dental Death. • Lately, as some Gentlemen were walking on the Hoe, Plymouth, curiosity led them to see a re markable vein of fine sand, which has been discoVer ed in the midst of the immense body of limestone. rock which • composes that eminence; the sand is at least 50 feet above high water mark, and sur rounded by limestone. One of the company thrut- Mg, his cane down :. to •ascertairt the depth of the stratum, of sand, found it struck against som:.l hard body, which, on taking up, proved to be one side of the jaw of some non-descript animal, the teeth, of which there is a double row, are each nearly two inches long, and , the jaw about 18 inches, and evi dently c4rtivaous On searching farther, a joint of the back hone 'was discovered ot an amazing size, • being i❑ diameter nine inches said a quarter by four and a half deep. There is no perpendicular hole for the spine, but three holes pass horio . ptally: through .the centre. Several. other bones were found near the . spot, all of which preclude the idea of its being a .marine genus. The above are in possessionof medical Gentlemar at Plymbuth. Extraordinary . fecundity of a sow, belonging to a Gentleman in Devonshire, from June 1804, to July 1808 : June 8, 1804 Nov. 8, - April 16, iSo; Sept. 2 3, - April 3, IS:6 "- 17 Sept. 7, - Feb. 16, 1807 Aug. it, - Feb. 2, tBO3 jut, - 22 . - If - s x? 3 I I